BYFE3100 The Building Prosess Course description

The Building Process course prepares students for a profession, and they are expected to have already acquired a number of building qualifications during the course of their studies. The Building Process course trains students to work as part of a systematic whole and it enables them to make better use of a life-cycle approach, where technical and functional performance as well as financial, social and environmental issues are taken into consideration.

Presence on the course days is important for the result of the exam.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

This is the first of four modules in prosthetics and orthotics practice. The module is based on the clinical work processes covered in ORTO1000. It focuses on users with lower limb amputations, especially at transtibial or transfemoral level. These two levels account for a high proportion of prosthetist/orthotists' prosthetic technology work.

The table below shows the subjects covered by the module, with credits specified:

• Prostethic and orthotic practice (3,5 credits)
• Biomechanics (2 credits)
• Pathology (3 credits)
• Rehabilitation and habilitation (0,5 credits)
• Profession, psychology, interaction and communication (1 credits)
• Total credits: 10 credits

After completing the module, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of medical reasons for lower limb amputations and pain following amputation
• is familiar with transtibial and transfemoral amputation surgery
• is capable of describing important terms in socket technology, alignment and biomechanics in connection with adaptation of transtibial and transfemoral prostheses
• has knowledge of silicone, elastomers and foam materials
• is familiar with challenges associated with prosthetic treatment in developing countries

Skills

The student is capable of

• conducting a visual gait analysis and correcting gait deviations
• carrying out clinical processes following amputations at transtibial and transfemoral level
• explaining choices of components and materials based on patient history and functional assessment
• using outcome measures and ICF and using the information to define goals and in patient records
• writing patient records
• preparing work descriptions and carrying out technical production procedures in the production of transtibial and transfemoral prostheses
• searching for, summarising and referencing research articles

General competence

The student is capable of

• applying basic clinical reasoning
• conducting him/herself in a professional manner and taking care of users in a clinical situation
• communicating both orally and in writing with users, fellow students and staff members in clinical and technical situations

The work and teaching methods used vary between seminars, skills training, a clinical and technical module, lectures, digital resources, student cooperation and self-study.

The following coursework requirements must be met before the student can take the exam:

• minimum attendance of 80 % at seminars
• clinical and technical module, see the `Skills training- section in the general part of the programme description

Exam content: The learning outcomes

Exam form: Home exam in groups of two or three students, a paper with a scope of 3,300-3,800 words with an individual oral exam lasting up to 20 minutes.

The group is awarded a preliminary grade for the written paper. Students can take the oral exam if they are awarded a pass grade, i.e. A-E, for the paper. The final grade is set after the oral exam. The whole grade scale can be used.

Resit exam

The students will have to rework the exam paper if it is awarded an F.

If the grade F is awarded after the oral exam, the student will have to retake the oral exam.

All

Grade scale A-F.